Is Final Gravity America’s Best Under-the-Radar Brewery? (via Punch)

Tucked inside a suburban strip mall in Virginia, Final Gravity is making some of the country’s most intriguing new beers in a wide variety of styles.

Every year for the past five years or so, I’ve made an annual trek down to Richmond, Virginia. It’s a relatively easy trip from New York City on Amtrak, and the city is laid back, artsy in a punky DIY way, not too crowded and boasts plenty of great food and drink. Every trip, I come back with a new favorite bakery, restaurant or brewery; this year it’s a nanobrewery called Final Gravity Brewing tucked inside a homebrew shop in a suburban strip mall.

Hoptoberfest – a Gnarly Hops and Barley fall celebration will take place on Sept. 3, 2017, from Noon – 5:00 PM. This event will feature live music, great local food, and of course great craft beer!

Over 40 different craft beers and cider from Virginia and across the country. Enjoy craft brews from Virginia breweries like Far Gohn Brewing, Bald Top Brewing, Beer Hound, Blue Mountain, Hardywood Park, Devil’s Backbone, Pale Fire, Reason Beer Co., South Street, and Starr Hill. Or enjoy beer from craft breweries from across the country such as Dogfish, Green Flash, Troegs, Schlafly, Firestone, Terrapin, and Ommegang.

General advance tickets are available for $30 and may be purchased at Far Gohn Brewing Company, Vinosity and Randy’s Flowers by Endless Creations and on the web at gnarlyhops.eventbrite.com. Tickets will be $40 at the gate, if available, and $5 non-drinking tickets will be for sale.

Maymont hosts their annual Beer and Wine Classic presented by the Dooley Noted Society! Guests can sample some of Virginia’s finest beverages from 14 local breweries and wineries, and enjoy delicious food, games, and live music!

Hunt Club Farm will host the 5th annual 757 Battle of the Beers in Virginia Beech!

Local breweries will put their best brews on tap and go head to head to see which beer is the best in the 7-5-7 area code! Their beers will be rated by an official beer tasting panel and by attendees of the event.

With 27 breweries serving 2 beers each, there will be a lot of great beer for sampling! There will also be food trucks, live music, corn hole, beer pong, a silent auction, and more!

Mad Fox Brewing Company is hosting Hoppy Octoberfest at their brewery in Falls Church Saturday, 16 September from 11:00am to 6pm.

They plan to turn their Market Square Into a Oktoberfest Biergarden! This event will feature a large selection of hoppy beers from Some of Virigina’s finest Breweries, as well as some traditional German Oktoberfest beers, great food, live music and more!